Balotelli has been on the books of Liverpool since 2014 and has a contract with the Redsuntil June 2018.

The Italy international striker is on loan at Italian club AC Milan at the moment and is scheduled to return to the Reds at the end of the season.

Vrenna has suggested that Serie A-bound outfit Crotone could make a move for the former Manchester City in the summer transfer window.

"Will we bring a top player to Crotone? We have a good reputation for revitalising the careers of players having a difficult time,” The Liverpool Echo quotes Vrenna as saying. “In that case, why not go for Balotelli?”

Balotelli showed a lot of promise when he was young, but at 25 he has not progressed as many would have expected him to over the past few years..

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.